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Forest Block Population - Purbi Singhbhum, Jharkhand

Forest Block is a medium size village located in Gurbandha Block of Purbi Singhbhum district, Jharkhand with total 247 families residing. The Forest Block village has population of 1205 of which 616 are males while 589 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Forest Block village population of children with age 0-6 is 186 which makes up 15.44 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Forest Block village is 956 which is higher than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Forest Block as per census is 879, lower than Jharkhand average of 948.

Forest Block village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Forest Block village was 58.59 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Forest Block Male literacy stands at 67.89 % while female literacy rate was 49.00 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Forest Block village is administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is elected representative of village. Our website, don't have information about schools and hospital in Forest Block village.

Forest Block Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 247 - -
Population 1,205 616 589
Child (0-6) 186 99 87
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 1,194 607 587
Literacy 58.59 % 67.89 % 49.00 %
Total Workers 551 322 229
Main Worker 57 - -
Marginal Worker 494 274 220

Caste Factor

In Forest Block village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.09 % of total population in Forest Block village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Forest Block village of Purbi Singhbhum.

Work Profile

In Forest Block village out of total population, 551 were engaged in work activities. 10.34 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 89.66 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 551 workers engaged in Main Work, 31 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.